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Cadetrain has a significant history of copyright violations on en.wiki (see user talk--example--and deleted/ revdel contribs) and on Commons. Following Cadetrain's last edit at 14:24, 6 May 2019, TrainSpencer was created at 14:29, 6 May 2019 and first edit was to Draft:Cooper Barnes (actor), an obscure topic/page created and primarily edited by Cadetrain. (Note also Cade train and Train Spencer.) The first edit was to insert verbatim (copyvio) prose from deadorkicking.com and other (all?) edits have been blatant insertion of copyright violations (e.g., verbatim prose from a Greenville News article into Robert Eugene Brashers, also heavily edited by Cadetrain). While Cadetrain is not yet blocked on en.wiki, the duck sock has the functional effect of evading the scrutiny and disregarding the copyvio warnings issued to Cadetrain, which is an abusive use of a secondary account. Эlcobbola talk 21:56, 6 May 2019 (UTC)

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✅, blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:17, 7 May 2019 (UTC)

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New account (16. May) - first edit is to draft space (just like TrainSpencer's first edit; draft space is esoteric for a newbie) then proceeds to edit Robert Eugene Brashers and then Jerry Walter McFadden, both heavily edited by Cadetrain. (Note also Rail Kenneth and known socks Cade train and Train Spencer). Эlcobbola talk 23:49, 16 May 2019 (UTC)

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 * ✅. —DoRD (talk)​ 01:40, 17 May 2019 (UTC)
 * , closing. The SandDoctor  Talk 06:19, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

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has made inaccurate addition to Zodiac killer article and appears to have made previous changes under similar name, which was blocked by an admin as a sockpuppet. Thank you, David J Johnson (talk) 22:12, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

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Please fix filing.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:38, 17 June 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅. Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:27, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

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This appears to be another sockpuppet account. Previous attempts have been:-

David J Johnson (talk) 11:39, 18 July 2019 (UTC)

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 * Significant edit over lap (e.g., for Jace Norman: Cadetrain, Cadeken; for Debra Lafave: Cadetrain, Cadeken; etc.) same focus on serial killers (List of serial killers in the United States, Israel Keyes, Darren Deon Vann, etc.) and same use of "cade" username prefix ( Cade ken, Cade 1017, Cade train). This couldn't be a more obvious duck--the compare user link is right there above (!!!)--and it seems a check would only be needed to determine whether a range block could be useful/appropriate.  Эlcobbola  talk 14:49, 18 July 2019 (UTC)

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 * - Can you provide any sort of evidence? -- Amanda  (aka DQ) 13:46, 18 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Technically . Editing from the same area but with a different device.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:19, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Closing. No evidence except overlapping on some articles, but no remarkable diffs were provided. ST47 (talk) 16:19, 5 August 2019 (UTC)

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This account, like the other accounts, is disruptively editing Draft:Cooper Barnes (Actor), which has been the main target of the Cadetrain socks.

This will have to rely on comparison of the quacking because there haven't been any recent registered accounts from this duckpond. Robert McClenon (talk) 02:13, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

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''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' To me this clearly seems to be the same as another sockmaster, WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Cadeken. Similar user names. Edits articles related to prison sentences, mass murderers, school shootings, and other articles related to violent crime, as well as articles related to trains and railroads. This account popped up a few days after the most recent block of a Cadeken sockpuppet. Sundayclose (talk) 02:21, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
 * It appears that User:Sundayclose is suggesting that Cadetrain and Cadeken are all one sockfarm. That is likely true.  Robert McClenon (talk) 03:07, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
 * It appears that User:Sundayclose is suggesting that Cadetrain and Cadeken are all one sockfarm. That is likely true.  Robert McClenon (talk) 03:07, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

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 * Freewayman 2000 is ✅ to previous Cadetrain socks. Based on the behaviour, username similarity and what's left of the CU data, it looks pretty likely that Cadetrain is the same as WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Cadeken. Could a clerk please merge them? Thanks, Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 13:04, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
 * , merge completed, closing. The SandDoctor  Talk 13:35, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

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This account was created a few hours after the most recent block of a Cadeken sockpuppet. Same editing pattern: articles related to prison sentences, mass murderers, school shootings, and other articles related to violent crime. In addition to poorly sourced edits, once again the tell-tale sign is citing the general webpage of a prison or inmate locater but not linking to the specific page about the inmate:, Sundayclose (talk) 03:17, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
 * By the way, when the archive of another sockmaster was merged with Cadeken's archive, two sockpuppets of Cadeken seem to have been lost:  and . Those need to be included in the archive because of the same editing pattern. Sundayclose (talk) 03:31, 11 July 2020 (UTC)

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 * Matthew Lange is ✅, blocked and tagged. Closing. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 04:54, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

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This is not a duck case, and will require IP address checking. However, the reason to think that this is a sock is, first, the complicated history of socking by Cadeken/Cadetrain, and, second, the focus on particular actors including Cooper Barnes, and, third, use of unnecessary disambiguation (Cooper Barnes - American Actor), which seems to be namegaming. This editor has edited within past 90 days. Robert McClenon (talk) 04:31, 11 July 2020 (UTC)

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 * is the best I can do, maybe . It's the same general geographical area with a different (but plausible) UA. . Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 05:03, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Closing without action. The version of Draft:Cooper Barnes that they created is pretty basic compared to past socks' versions. Have I mentioned that namegaming like this drives me crazy? Future clerks and CUs: if you want to compare on behavior, past versions of this draft by various socks may be found at Draft:Cooper Barnes (actor), Draft:Cooper Barnes (Actor), Draft:Cooper Barnes, and now an attempted creation at Draft:Cooper Barnes - American Actor. I note that may be related to this sock group, it made significant contributions which made the article look more like past socks' versions, but there hasn't been any activity on its /64 for several weeks now. GeneralNotability (talk) 23:02, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

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creation and buildup of Draft:Danny Ranes and Brent Koster which is the same article as Draft:Danny Ranes which was largely unsourced or insufficiently sourced in the same manner as Cadeken's previous works. started editing December 16, after previous ban on November/December. 2nd potential sock has submitted the Ranes and Koster article without any attention to the baggage from the previous article/editors. Checkuser requested. AngusW🐶🐶F ( bark  •  sniff ) 01:41, 25 December 2020 (UTC)

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''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' Couldn't agree more. User also exhibits the characteristic behaviour of asking established editors to proxy for him. Compare  by  Eric Klebold Johnson, and  by Kinkel Loukaitis Brazill with   or  for example. Meters (talk) 23:08, 25 December 2020 (UTC)

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 * These two are definitely related to User:Darren Cross (one of whose socks is User:Dylan Harris Golden, there's a disturbing naming theme here), I'm working on figuring out the relationship between Cross and Cadeken. GeneralNotability (talk) 14:44, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
 * - all known socks of Cadeken are stale, but the archive indicates that there's some CU log data. If possible, please compare Johnson, Brazill, Darren Cross, and Golden to past Cadeken socks - they have an overlapping interest in serial killers, and the group I listed are pretty clearly related, but I'm unsure whether they are related to Cadeken and would like to clear that up for future cases. You may or may not need +OS in order to effectively carry out the CU, Johnson/Brazill/Golden were globally locksuppressed. GeneralNotability (talk) 15:51, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
 * All the new accounts are ✅ to each other, and are very to the older accounts.   Maxim (talk)  01:10, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks Maxim. Tagged, the others are locksuppressed so no point in tagging them. Closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 02:32, 29 December 2020 (UTC)

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 * Crossover with sockmaster = Family Tree DNA, List of attacks related to secondary schools, List of suspected perpetrators of crimes identified with GEDmatch and Miller v. Alabama.
 * Crossover with previous sock Darren Cross = List of suspected perpetrators of crimes identified with GEDmatch, Samuel Little and Theresa Knorr.

The latter article is particularly significant. Theresa Knorr is an obscure murderer who killed two of her children in the mid-1980s. Both socks are intent on using those convictions as a basis for relitigating her acquittal in 1964 for murdering her husband in an apparent domestic violence incident.


 * Darren Cross: Amends victims from 2 to 3 claiming She also murdered one of her husbands even though she was acquitted for it, amends "Span of crimes" from 1984 to 1964, despite her being acquitted. At Talk:Theresa Knorr continues their disruptive line of argument, claiming "she murdered one of her husbands in 1964 even though she was acquitted of all charges"
 * Tyrone Owens Spencer: Amends victims from 2 to 3 (2 convictions) claiming She confessed to her husbands murder as stated in the article, also amends "Span of crimes" from 1984 to 1964

Such similar behaviour on such an obscure article is unlikely to be a coincidence. 92.40.195.119 (talk) 14:34, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅. Bagging and tagging sock. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   14:56, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

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Among the usual common articles, there's the same moth to the flame return to the obscure article at to add the same WP:BLPCRIME violation as the last sock see this. 92.40.189.55 (talk) 13:24, 9 January 2021 (UTC)

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 * , closing ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:58, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I have restored the SPI header as it was removed with the new report; a clerk may want to check if the restored syntax is correct. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:59, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

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Same editing pattern, including BLP violations at Theresa Knorr, and many of the same edited articles as blocked sockpuppet Darren Cross. Fences &amp;  Windows  11:02, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

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 * I've gone ahead and added to the list. This account came up at WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Kevin James Loibl where they were warned for logged out editing, but I am fairly certain that it is a sock of Cadeken. The account shares the sockmaster's interest in crime and serial killers, and the IP reported in that SPI, which is clearly the same person, has substantial editing overlap with Cadeken socks, e.g. at Townville Elementary School shooting and List of youngest killers. The account name is a reference to a criminal (see ) which is something Cadeken has done before - cf. Sockpuppet_investigations/Cadeken/Archive. Spicy (talk) 23:23, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

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 *  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   00:22, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
 *  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   00:22, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
 *  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   00:22, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
 *  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   00:22, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
 *  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   00:22, 15 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Both locksuppressed. Closing. Blablubbs | talk 10:49, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

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Registered soon after most recent sock (Barbaro Reyes Cho) was blocked. Similar pattern of editing articles related to violent crimes. Recent registered socks have three names for user names. IP socks are always located in central California. Sundayclose (talk) 17:34, 19 March 2021 (UTC)

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 * . Same range and user agent as a past sock, which was also likely. .  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   18:58, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
 * The name is likely another serial killer reference (Nikolas Cruz, Ann Miller Kontz, Keith Hunter Jesperson) and that, plus the focus on murders and the CU result leaves little room for doubt; please block the sock indef, the IP is already blocked and I don't see any other concerning activity on the range. Thanks. Blablubbs&#124;talk 20:54, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Blocked. Leaving for to complete as they have their clerk at work template for this report. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 22:56, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks., closing. Blablubbs&#124;talk 22:59, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks., closing. Blablubbs&#124;talk 22:59, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

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First edit to recreate Draft:Cooper Barnes (previously created by known sock --see also Draft:Cooper Barnes (actor)) and username similarity (compare Kenneth to ; Spencer to ; and 2000 to --sock name commonality is a known practice). Эlcobbola talk 19:43, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

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 * Agree that the new draft author is very likely a sock. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 19:46, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
 * And still at it, at Draft:Cooper Barnes – same WP:DE pattern of frivolously submitting insufficient drafts to waste the time of WP:AfC editors as previous socks. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 03:27, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to . Bagging and tagging sock account. This SPI can be closed...  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   04:15, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

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Continued loutsocking on various favourite pages of this master. has blocked for a week, but given that the /64 has been CU-hardblocked twice in the past, disruption resumed shortly after the last block expired and that the range has almost certainly been used only by Cadeken ever since it became active in November 2020, I think an extended block is warranted. --Blablubbs&#124;talk 14:31, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

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– please hardblock the range for 6 months. Not too worried about collateral since we've had two previous hardblocks, this is an ISP with pretty static assignment that (as far as I know) doesn't do shared /64s. I can endorse a check for collateral if you're not comfortable blocking without one, of course. Thanks. --Blablubbs&#124;talk 14:31, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Done as requested. I of course couldn't CU-block the range as did, but it will accomplish the same thing. I had looked at the range using the single IP's address + /64, and the contribution history is the same as when one uses the shorthand expression of the range, but it doesn't show the block log, which in my view is a bug. If I had seen the two previous hard blocks, I would've hard-blocked myself. As long as I'm here, I also blocked and tagged two obvious socks:  and . Closing--Bbb23 (talk) 15:17, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

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Recreates Draft:Cooper Barnes with very first edit. WP:DUCK. Asking for a CheckUser to look for more sleepers. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 03:06, 30 May 2021 (UTC)

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 * Given that a check a few weeks ago turned up nothing, I don't really see a need to check for sleepers now. . Sir Sputnik (talk) 15:32, 30 May 2021 (UTC)

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Same pattern of previous socks. Edits articles related to violent crimes/criminals, mass shootings, school shootings, and prisons. A tell-tale sign when citing a source about an inmate's location is to cite a general webpage for the prison rather the specific page for the inmate, as done here. Restores edits of previous socks without explanation:. Sundayclose (talk) 01:59, 8 June 2021 (UTC) Sundayclose (talk) 01:59, 8 June 2021 (UTC)

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 * - I had originally declined this as ducky enough (the username is a reference to murderers – Stephen Paddock and Dylann Roof – and their first edit was reinstatement of a sock edit) but realised that this account was created before the last one was blocked. Please look for others. --Blablubbs&#124;talk 23:35, 14 June 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ and . All the others are already blocked. Closing. TonyBallioni (talk) 03:12, 15 June 2021 (UTC)

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Restoring edits of a previous sock (recently blocked) after they were reverted:, , , , , ,. Same pattern of editing articles related to violent crimes, criminals, and prisons. Sundayclose (talk) 00:35, 1 July 2021 (UTC) Sundayclose (talk) 00:35, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
 * . The restored edits are linked in my first post. No suspense there. The socks are and . That suspense is easily resolved by a quick look in the history of the articles linked above. Sundayclose (talk) 02:05, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm glad this sock was blocked, and I appreciate your efforts. But you are, in fact, being a pain. It would have taken you about 30 seconds to look at the edit history (including character count, which is a big clue) you could easily have figured out the original edits. I'm not trying to be a pain either, but you are discouraging people like me from going to the trouble to make a simple, straightforward, and very obvious sock report. Have a good day. Sundayclose (talk) 15:10, 2 July 2021 (UTC)

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 * @Sundayclose please don't keep us in suspense. Which previous sock?  Which edits were restored? -- RoySmith (talk) 01:50, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm not trying to be a pain here, but the 7 links you supplied above are the edits Csfibasd made. What I'm trying to figure out is what were the original edits that they replicated.  For Keith Ann Nikolas, I found Special:Diff/1031154101 vs Special:Diff/1031154101 for Csfibasd, so at least we're getting close.
 * does not have an account on enwiki (or globally, either). I see they're mentioned multiple times in the archives.  Not sure what's up with that.  Maybe there was a name change?  I'm digging into that, but if you have any more specific information, it would really help. -- RoySmith (talk) 11:23, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
 * @RoySmith, they were locksuppressed because the username is impersonating serial killers. The edits exist, but for most intents and purposes, the global account does not. Blablubbs&#124;talk 11:31, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
 * @Blablubbs thanks. I had just found some mysterious log entries with "Username or IP removed", so figured it was something like that. -- RoySmith (talk) 11:36, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
 * , this is them; see the restorations and overlap at . I also recall seeing the Sydney IMAX thing before somewhere, maybe under a different title (but I might have also looked at this account before, not sure). --Blablubbs&#124;talk 11:40, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
 * blocked and tagged. Many of the most commonly abused pages are already semi-protected; I added Life imprisonment in the United States. -- RoySmith (talk) 12:03, 2 July 2021 (UTC)

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Obvious sock as returned to the same topics. I've blocked them per DUCK and deleted their IMAX draft, I'm just adding this here for the record. Fences &amp;  Windows  10:31, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

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 * Thanks F&W. Tagged, closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 02:57, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

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Same editing pattern: articles related to prison sentences, mass murderers, school shootings, and other articles related to violent crime. Often emerges as a newly registered account after a previous sock is blocked or, in this case, an IP in Tulare, CA (location of many IP socks) receives a final warning. In addition to poorly sourced edits, once again the tell-tale sign is citing the general webpage of a prison or inmate locater but not linking to the specific page about the inmate, or citing dead links. Lots of WP:CITEKILL:,, ). Sundayclose (talk) 21:04, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * Yep, also lots of overlap with recent socks, restoring sock edits and same sort of gibberish username as recent socks .  - please indef the sock. I don't think CU is necessary because all previous accounts are stale and there is no real history of sleepers. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 04:58, 26 November 2021 (UTC)
 * , closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 11:48, 26 November 2021 (UTC)

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Cadeken is a known Sock puppeteer. Based on the editing history of these reported users and a look at Cadeken's edit history made on multiple socks over the past two years, I suspect both accounts are other socks of his. Very similar editing pattern of editing pages related to convicted murderers and serial killers. Naming people who are not serial killers as serial killers: This edit was made by a previous sock of Cadeken (User:Afjnsd) back in November: a month later a very similar edit on the same page which receives relatively few views:  Inexpiable (talk) 11:00, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

The same example can be found here: An edit made by yet another sock of Cadeken: Recent edit from Lightiggy:. It's as if there is an obsession with trying to name as many serial killers as possible for people who do not fit the criteria.

In regards to the other sock: Again we have this obsession with adding non serial killers to the same list: recent edits by WERcndsk12: this is literally the exact same edit made by yet another sock of Cadeken back in November in regards to the Larry Ranes entry:. This information is actually incorrect as the murders by Larry Ranes occurred in 1964 not 1969 yet both accounts have made the exact same error? Furthermore, the edits by Cadeken (on sock Afjnsd) once again tried to add Gleason to the list when it has been established he is not a serial killer. The recent edits by Lightiggy show the same obsession with trying to name as many people as a serial killer as possible:. You can confirm that both examples of the accounts I listed were more sockpuppets of Cadeken: User:Afjnsd and User:Darren Cross.

This user (lightiggy) already admitted to sockpuppeting a while ago: Sockpuppet investigations/Lightiggy/Archive. One of the IP socks I reported: User:128.239.205.22 shows edits have been made before Lightiggy started editing so this user is definitely not a "new user". Inexpiable (talk) 11:17, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

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''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' Further evidence for WERcndwsk12: Shows the typical tell-tale signs of Cadeken, including citing the general web page for a prison rather than the specific page related to the inmate and WP:CITEKILL. Sundayclose (talk) 15:14, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

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 * - CU training. TonyBallioni (talk) 15:34, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
 * The following are ✅ to Cadeken
 * I did not check Lightiggy, but they didn't show up in the check, and I would have expected them to have shown up, but I'll leave open if a clerk wants to look closer. TonyBallioni (talk) 17:30, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I did not check Lightiggy, but they didn't show up in the check, and I would have expected them to have shown up, but I'll leave open if a clerk wants to look closer. TonyBallioni (talk) 17:30, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I did not check Lightiggy, but they didn't show up in the check, and I would have expected them to have shown up, but I'll leave open if a clerk wants to look closer. TonyBallioni (talk) 17:30, 16 January 2022 (UTC)


 * I don't think Lightiggy is Cadeken. The IPs at WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Lightiggy, which Lightiggy admitted were them, geolocate to a totally different part of the country than the IPs in the archives of this case (except for the 174 IP, which someone tacked on without any evidence). Lightiggy has also been editing since 2020, during which time Cadeken has been checked several times - if Lightiggy were them, it's very likely that they would have been picked up in a check at some point. Closing. Spicy (talk) 18:02, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

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I was looking at this editor's recent contributions, and I saw that the two accounts have overlapping interests in serial killers and school shootings. However, the most incriminating evidence is that this current sock attempted to make the same edit twice on Osborn Correctional Institution. The first one ways by a confirmed Cadeken sock, and was reverted. The second one was by this newer Shktriib1 sock, but it was not reverted. Scorpions13256 (talk) 05:29, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

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''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' I did my own behavioral examimation. This account and other socks overlap on nearly every page. . Scorpions13256 (talk) 21:09, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

Tell-tale signs for Cadeken socks are citing the general webpage of a prison or inmate locater but not linking to the specific page about the inmate and WP:CITEKILL:,. Also adding dead links: Sundayclose (talk) 03:44, 31 March 2022 (UTC)

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 * This is from a CU perspective - the geolocations are in the same part of the same country. Behavioural investigation needed.   Girth Summit  (blether)  08:30, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm not convinced Shktriib1 is Cadeken from the behavior. Sure, there's editing overlap, but these types of crimes attract a lot of interest.  There's also very similar timecards, but that's adequately explained by two people living near each other.  Other than that, there's a few behavioral quirks I'm seeing in Shktriib1 which I don't see in several recent Cadeken socks.  In summary, a "possible" from CU isn't enough for me.  Closing with no action. -- RoySmith (talk) 16:56, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

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Same editing pattern: articles related to prison sentences, mass murderers, school shootings, and other articles related to violent crime. Often emerges as a newly registered account after a previous sock is blocked or an IP in southern California (location of all IP socks) receives a final warning. In addition to poorly sourced edits or edits that misrepresent a source, once again the tell-tale sign is citing the general webpage of a prison or inmate locater but not linking to the specific page about the inmate , edit warring (see August 25, 2022 at https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_serial_killers_in_the_United_States&action=history, WP:CITEKILL , and asking other editors to revert edits in order to circumvent policies (, , a pattern also seen in their IP socks in southern California. Sundayclose (talk) 01:18, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

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 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 17:15, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ I had looked at Shktriib1 back in 30 March 2022 and concluded there wasn't enough evidence.  Now there is.  Thank you  for your detailed report which gave me exactly what I needed. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:21, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

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Same editing pattern: articles related to prison sentences, mass murderers, school shootings, and other articles related to violent crime. Cadeken socks also edit articles related to trains and railroads, thus this sock's username. New socks emerge as a newly registered account after a previous sock is blocked or an IP in southern California (location of all IP socks) receives a final warning or blocked. Most recent sock was. In addition to poorly sourced edits, edits that misrepresent a source, or a source that only partially confirms an edit, and grammatical errors, other similarities are WP:CITEKILL and seeking help from editors previous sock have interacted with. This sock also seriously violated WP:BLP by naming crime victims in Stockton serial killings not named in the source. Railtrailssuck made one correction only after receiving a warning. Sundayclose (talk) 15:18, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

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 * - enough similarities to previous accounts to justify a check. Please compare to who is not stale. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 00:28, 10 October 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ plus (I'm astounded that that username wasn't taken before 2022). . GeneralNotability (talk) 00:48, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

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Same interests in school shootings, etc. Also see, ,. MarioGom (talk) 21:54, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅ to . Blocked and tagged, closing.  Girth Summit  (blether)  10:07, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

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Was looking through the history of Draft:Traumpalast Leonberg IMAX Theater at AfC (cannot link the history bit directly?) and noticed the creator had been blocked for socking. The account which worked on the AfC draft most recently, Tularetrain, has the same pattern of interests (school shootings, mass shootings Special:Contributions/Tularetrain) as the main sock lead. It's also somewhat difficult to find AfC drafts if you don't know what you're looking for, which was the first red flag. SportingFlyer  T · C  10:57, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅ RoySmith (talk) 23:29, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

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This account sent me an email asking me to add the Club Q shooting to the List of longest prison sentences article, even though it's unprotected and they could easily do it themself. It is very strange that a brand new user is emailing other editors to update an unprotected page. Even if the page is protected, the next step is usually to request an edit via the talk page. A look at the page history shows that it is a frequent target of this sockfarm. Even if this is someone else, they are clearly trying to WP:AVOIDSCRUTINY. Someone who&#39;s wrong on the internet (talk) 20:42, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

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I also received two similar emails. This is classic Cadeken behavior: to avoid scrutiny of problem edits or evade a block, the sockpuppet asks others to make the edit. After being warned against messaging other editors to make edits, apparently they are now resorting to off-Wiki meatpuppetry. Cadeken frequently edits articles related to school shootings or other mass shootings, as well as prisoners and prison sentences. Sundayclose (talk) 21:16, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

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 * Shortur is, but there's enough in the CU results for a WP:NOTHERE block. RoySmith (talk) 23:39, 6 July 2023 (UTC)
 * @Someone who's wrong on the internet @Sundayclose Could I ask you to send me copies of what you got via email? RoySmith (talk) 11:40, 7 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Should I copy and paste to your talk page? Sundayclose (talk) 15:27, 7 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Better would be to email it to me, thanks RoySmith (talk) 15:30, 7 July 2023 (UTC)

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Quack! Someone who&#39;s wrong on the internet (talk) 14:51, 10 July 2023 (UTC)


 * New account editing the exact same topics as the previous socks. Also recreated this draft. Someone who&#39;s wrong on the internet (talk) 15:20, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

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This is standard procedure for Cadeken. Create a new sockpuppet within a few days after the most recent sock is blocked, try to create an article, and edit about prisons and mass shootings. This is close to being a WP:DUCK, but I'll defer to CU. Sundayclose (talk) 15:34, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

FYI: confirmed to on Commons. Эlcobbola talk 16:49, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅ RoySmith (talk) 21:27, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

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MACROQUACK! Someone who&#39;s wrong on the internet (talk) 19:46, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

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 * ✅ RoySmith (talk) 22:17, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

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Only edit thus far is to request unprotection for List of longest prison sentences, which was protected due to him around the last time he showed up here at SPI (2023/07/13). —Jéské Couriano v^&lowbar;^v  Source assessment notes 15:21, 23 August 2023 (UTC)

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 * The CU data indicates at best, but my spidey sense says this is probably Cadeken based on behavior. RoySmith (talk) 15:43, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Wait, is that a faint quacking I hear? ~Anachronist (talk) 15:51, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
 * - Ducky, indeed. Please, block the account. Thank you. MarioGom (talk) 21:19, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Sounds like quacking to me too. Not sure why the helper script won't let me mark for closure, but it's my first time using it...doing that momentarily. Vanamonde (Talk) 00:20, 10 September 2023 (UTC)